All Student accommodation articles
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OnlineWatkin Jones posts strong annual figures
Watkin Jones has produced a 10.8% rise in operating profit for the year to the end of September.
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Online
Unite student lettings ahead of last year
Student accommodation giant Unite has let 60% of its digs nine months ahead of the next academic year.
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Insight
How PBSA sector can meet demand
Property Week and CRM recently brought together a panel of experts to discuss the impact of Covid, Brexit and other factors on the purpose-built student accommodation sector and what operators need to do to meet demand from international – and increasingly domestic – students.
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News
Watkin Jones completes £47m Edinburgh deal with Vita Group
Watkin Jones has completed a £47m forward-funding deal with Vita Group for a 285-unit mixed BTR, PBSA and affordable development in Edinburgh.
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News
Conygar completes sale of Birmingham industrial units for £7.2m
The Conygar Investment Company has sold industrial units in Selly Oak, Birmingham, for £7.17m to an unnamed student accommodation provider.
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News
Healthy 2022 predicted for PBSA, despite low comparative returns
The PBSA sector has reported annual total returns of 7.7% and has been outperformed by the all-property average for the first time since 2017, according to CBRE’S latest PBSA Index.
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News
Kinetic Capital and Kayne Anderson enter JV for student debt platform
PBSA lender Kinetic Capital and Kayne Anderson Real Estate have partnered up to launch a debt funding platform for the European student housing financing market.
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Insight
Stars of Student Accommodation
Property Week celebrates the winners of the Student Accommodation Awards 2021, which took place last week online and in person at InterContinental London – The O2.
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News
Key takeaways from Student Accommodation Conference
Leading PBSA figures discussed Covid-19, mental health, ESG, affordability and what the future might hold.
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Online
Unite Students launches net zero pathway
PBSA operator Unite Students has outlined its pathway to net zero by 2030, including targets for carbon reduction across its 173-asset portfolio.
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Online
abrdn snaps up Cardiff student digs for £36m
A joint venture between McLaren Property and PMG Group has sold a 355-bed student scheme in Cardiff to the Aberdeen Standard Pan European Residential Property Fund (ASPER) for £36m.
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Insight
Is the PBSA sector ready for a boom?
Yardi assembled a panel of student accommodation experts to discuss the challenge of meeting the predicted increase in demand and what lessons they can learn from the build-to-rent sector.
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News
CMA gives green light to GCP Student Living takeover deal
Regulator clears £969m Blackstone and Scape Living deal for GCP portfolio after two investigations.
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Online
Infrastructure Investments secures funding for £100m London PBSA scheme
Infrastructure Investments has secured debt funding from ICG for a central London PBSA development with a £100m GDV, Property Week can reveal.
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News
GCP Student takeover ‘cleared’ by CMA
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has cleared the takeover of GCP Student Living’s PBSA assets after launching two investigations into the proposed £969m acquisition.
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Insight
A new era for the PBSA sector
CRM Students’ motto as an operator of student halls is to put residents at the heart of everything. Its chief executive officer Richard Skeels tells Property Week the future of PBSA is set to change in the wake of the pandemic, which has shifted students’ priorities when seeking accommodation.
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Markets
PBSA’s post-Covid bounceback
As student numbers boom after a turbulent year, PBSA demand is surging.
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News
JLL’s Hillman flags up £5bn of student deals
Chairman of living capital markets division highlights boom in PBSA deal activity.
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Online
How covid proved the resilience of PSBA
Before the March lockdown, the student accommodation sector was probably having the best year to date. The student housing cycle is very much eat, sleep repeat - and once October rolls around, you do it all over again.
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News
Paralympic legend joins Property Week’s student event line-up
Paralympic legend Dame Tanni Grey-Thompson will join the speakers at Property Week’s Student Accommodation Conference & Awards on 8 December at the InterContinental O2.
